Katharina Buehler

Katharina Bühler is a Berlin-based cinematographer working across feature films, television and streaming productions. She studied Directing and Cinematography at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and has been working as a cinematographer since 2011. Her work is marked by a strong focus on character and atmosphere, combining visual precision with a keen sense of emotional storytelling. Katharina speaks German, English and Spanish.

Her feature work includes Tagundnachtgleiche (Lena Knauss), which screened at the Max Ophüls Film Festival, and Blindgänger (Kerstin Polte), which received multiple awards and nominations, including Best Cinematography at the Female Filmmakers Festival in 2024 and the Best Cinematography Award at the Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival in 2026. Her cinematography for Plötzlich so still earned a nomination for the Deutscher Kamerapreis.

Katharina gained international recognition through her work on three episodes of Netflix’s Emmy Award-winning series The Empress. Further television credits include Der Scheich for Paramount+, the Grimme Award-nominated series Wir, and Oh Hell (Season 2), for which she received the DAfFNE Award for Cinematography in 2025, shared with Anne Bolick.

 

Film & TV   Selection

2026
Außer Kontrolle
2025
Die Kaiserin (Staffel 3) | The Empress (Season 3)
2025
Two Peas in a Pod
2024
Polizeiruf 110: Spiel gegen den Ball
2023
Oh Hell (Staffel 2)
2022
Blindgänger
2022
Der Scheich
2021
Faraway
2021
Wir - (Staffel 1)
2020
Plötzlich so still
2020
Tatort: Ein paar Worte nach Mitternacht
2020
Immer der Nase nach
2019
Tatort: Das Leben nach dem Tod
2018
Der Auftrag
2018
Tagundnachtgleiche
2017
Tatort: Dein Name sei Harbinger
2016
Winterjagd
2014
Fremdkörper

Festivals and Awards   Selection

2026

Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival - Best Cinematography

2025

21st Achtung Berlin Filmfestival

2025

DAfFNE - Best Cinematography (with Anne Bolick)

2024

Female Filmmakers Festival - Best Cinematography

2022

Grimme Preis - Nomination

2021

Deutscher Kamerapreis - Nomination

2020

Max Ophüls Film Festival - Competition

2020

Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen - Nomination Best Cinematography

2015

Max Ophüls Film Festival - Audience Award Medium-Length Film + Honourable Jury Mention